Detachable mount for telescopes



Dec. 25, 1951 H. E. SCHALL DETACHABLE MOUNT FOR TELESCOPES Filed Sept. 30, 1948 Herbert E. Scha/I IN V EN TOR.

Patented Dec. 25, 11951 7 T fi DETACHABLE MOUNT FOR TELESCOPES Herbert E. Schall, Breckenridge, Mich, assignor of one-half to Robert D- Schall, Breckenridge, Mich.

Application September 30, 1948, Serial No. 51,992

1 Claim. (01. 33-50) 1 2 This invention relates to means for mounting which comprise the means for securing a telea Supporting a e cop un Sight on a rifle scopic tube l of conventional construction to a and has for its primary object to provide a sturdy conventional rifle I6, having. a barrel 18, a breech and dependable telescopic sight mounting which block 26 and a stock 22.

UNITED will enable the telescope to be conveniently and The mounting member I2 is detachably seeasily attached and detached from the rifle withcured on the barrel of the rifle and constitutes the out the use of any tool and within a minimum front mounting for the tube. In this respect a of time. mounting block 24 is secured on the upper sur- Another object of this invention is to provide face of the barrel through the medium of a pair a telescopic sight mounting which will at all of vertical openings 26 and 28, which are adapted times, whether installed or removed, be resistto receive screws 3!! or similar fastening means. ant to damage and which will insure the proper The mounting block 24 is formed with a pair of mounting of the telescope, thus obviating any vertically disposed parallel recesses or openings necessity of adjustment or the like. 32 and 34. The recesses 32 and 34 extend for- Another object of this invention is to provide wardly in the block in a reduced fashion, as seen telescope mounts which are simple in construcin Figure 4, the reduced extension 36 of the retion, having no loose parts, which may be lost in cesses having an upwardly and outwardly curved the field during removal and attachment of the top locking member 38. The mounting memtelescope, which are light in weight and which her l2 consists of a pair of complementary secare designed for simplicity and efiiciency. 15o tions 60 and 42, the sections 40 and 62 having These and ancillary objects and meritorious upper semi-curved portions 44 and 45 terminatfeatures and advantages are attained by this ining in extending flanges 48 and 59 which when vention, a preferred embodiment of which is joined through the medium of a transverse seset forth in the following description and illuscuring member or set screw 52 defines a split antrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein: 2:; nular ring 54. The sections 40 and 42 terminate Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a conin base blocks 56 and 58, disposed on lower outventional rifle, showing a conventional telescope wardly bowed sections 60 and 62 which are seattached thereto through the use of telescope cured by a transverse set screw 64 disposed bemountings constructed in accordance with the low the open annular ring section.

principles of this invention; The base blocks 56 and 58 are provided with Figure 2 is a View in perspective of one of the forwardly extending sections 56, which are telescope mountings, showing the same in unatadapted to extend into the openings 36 in the tached association with a mounting block, that is mounting block or plate and are arcuately consecured on the barrel of the rifle; figured on their upper surface so as to underlie Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantial- M the rearwardly extending lip 38 in a complely on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and il u tra mentary fashion, as seen in Figure 4. the eleswpe mOIm f Figure 2 i front In a substantially identical fashion, the rear Vational View; mounting member lli, as seen in Figures -8, com- Figure 4: i8 a sectional detail view Of the teleprises a pair of comp ementary sections 68 and Scope mounting taken p the Plane of the iii which are cooperatively joined to form an upbroken section line 44 of Figure 3 to illustrate per split annular i 12 and a i of lower the do eta Co ec base blocks I4 and 16 terminating on a pair of Figure 5 is a View in perspectlve of the rear outwardly bowed lower members 18 and 80. The mounting member, showing the same in an unatbase blocks and T3 are provided with tached association with the mounting block that stantiauy rectangular projections or extensions is secured on the breech block? 82. A mounting block 84, having a pair of verti- Figu re 6 is a from elevafiwal View of the cal openings 86 is secured to the upper surface 9 a? i gi a of the breech block through the medium of the bemg a en on 8 me O lgure 00 openings and securing screws or the like 88. The

in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 7 is an elevational view taken substanmountmg block 84 1S provlded Wlth pan of many on the plane of line of Figure 6 and stantially rectangular vertically disposed parallel Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view taken on Openmgs and A transverely p d the plane of line 8-8 of Figure '7. recess 94 is formed in the mounting block, as

In carrying out this invention, there are proee in Figure d t its pp end is comvided a pair of mounting members 10 and I2 municated with a pair of laterally extending recesses 96 and 98. A pair of resilient members I and I02, such as compression springs or the like, are anchored in the recesses 96 and 98 at one end and have their opposite ends secured to a transverse pin I04 which is slidably disposed in the transverse recess 94. The pin I04 is provided at its opposite end with a pair of oblong knobs I05 and I08.

Thus, with respect to Figure '7, it is to be noted that the base blocks 14 and I6 of the mounting member I0 are vertically seated in the recesses 90 and 92 when the transverse looking or latching pin I00 is moved forwardly in the recess 94 through the medium of the end knobs or rear- Wardly projecting finger grips I06 and I08. After the base blocks are seated in the recesses, the pin I04 is resiliently urged rearwardly into looking engagement or placement on the upper surface of the rectangular extension 82 and into the substantially V-shaped notch formed in the base blocks as seen in Figure '7.

In attaching a telescope tube to a rifle, the tube is secured in the split annular rings or circular straps defining the upper sections of the mounting members I0 and I2. The forward mounting member I2 is secured in the mounting block 24 and retained therein through the dovetail construction of the extending tongue 66 and the undercut groove 30 in the mounting block.

The rear mounting member 50 is anchored in the mounting block 84 by the resiliently biased pin :99. Thus, when the telescope tube is affixed to the rifle, the same is retained in a dependable and secured fashion, the mounting members seating solidly upon their respective mounting plates, which are, in turn, securely afllxed to the upper surface of the barrel and breech block.

It is to be apparent therefore that there is provided a mounting which positively locks the telescopic tube in an accurate position, which obviates any movement of the telescopic tube or any lateral displacement thereof.

Of course, it is to be noted that the outwardly bowed lower sections of the respective mounting members provide an opening so that the peep sight normally carried by a conventional rifie can be utilized, without removing the telescopic tube. Further, the mounting blocks, which are permanently afflxed to'the rifle, will not in any way interfere with the normal'utilization or the peep sight, if the mounting members are not attached to therifle.

of course, it is to be understood that while the device has been illustrated as employing a pair of mounting plates, one plate could be employed, which would receive and retain both of the mounting members or a single mounting member could be employed, the same being retained in the fashion as the mounting member I0.

Having described the invention, what claimed as new is:

In a mounting for a telescope tube, a mounting block adapted to be secured on a rifle, said mounting block having a pair of spaced vertical openings therein and also having a horizontal opening therethrough intersecting the vertical openings, a telescope tube clamp adapted to secure a telescope tube, a pair of spaced base blocks depending from the clamp and slidably received in the vertical openings, said base blocks having hook portions thereon opening toward the horizontal opening, an elongated latch pin mounted in the horizontal opening for transverse sliding movement toward and away from the base blocks, a spriig means urging the pin toward the base blocks to a position overlying the hook portions,

,. a pair of rearwardly projecting finger grips on the opposite ends of the latch pin slidably engaging the opposite sides of the mounting block, the mounting block having recesses in its opposite sides opening into the horizontal opening, said spring means including a pair of springs seated in the recesses and bearing against the latch pin, said finger grips overlying the recesses and retaining the springs therein. I

HERBERT E. SCHALL.

@EFERENICES CITED following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,396,404 Williams Mar. 12, 19%

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 64,031 Switzerland 1912 34,988 Austria 1921 298,969 Germany 1919 328,267 Germany 1920 339,083 Germany 1921 503,692 Germany 1930 

